Tag: Scripture

Soul Sculpting Project: Imagining Stories to Connect with God

#7 of Seven Ancient Christian Practices for Connecting with God Soul Sculpting Project: Imagining Stories to Connect with God Pilgrimage  Jerusalem 384 AD  Egeria knew the story well. On this Holy Week in this holy city  she heard the story read again and she re-lived it. Egeria sat in a cave where Jesus had met…

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Soul Sculpting Project: The Ancient Practice of Psalm Reading

#3 of Seven Ancient Practices for Connecting with God Soul Sculpting: The Ancient Practice of Psalm Reading  Egyptian Desert of Scete, 384 AD         John Cassian is on a research trip. He is observing the spiritual practices of the large movement that has developed in the remote Egyptian desert: Thousands of men and women who…

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Soul Sculpting Project: Creating Art with God

Soul Sculpting Project: Creating Art with God In the Beginning God Created . . . Genesis 1 God is creative. The Creator. We are made in God’s creative image. We are designed to be creative. Research studies find that creating art has a long list of benefits. Here are a few: Art used as therapy…

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Soul Sculpting: 4 Minute Sacred Imagination for Easter

You are standing on a well-groomed dirt path. In the pre-dawn light the outline of olive trees is just visible. Feel the cool morning air. Imagination: The act of forming a mental image of something not present to the senses. Imagination is a brain function that we use throughout our day to solve problems and…

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Soul Sculpting: 3 minute Sacred Imagination: The Foot Washing

Imagination. Can it help us connect with God? When the Psalm writer Asaph felt distant and forgotten by God he used imagination to stir-up his faith and hope in God. With a dramatic flair Asaph recreated, in his imagination, one of the greatest miracles in Hebrew history, the crossing of the Red Sea. We can…

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